Great Wolf Lodge

Lily wanted a birthday party and she wanted to invite her entire 1st grade class.  

To be honest I just didn't want to deal with it, that many kids....the thought of entertaining 20 kids was not exactly my idea of fun. 

So, I convinced Lily to accept a family trip and skip the kid party. Thankfully she was more excited about the family trip....To Great Wolf Lodge {http://www.greatwolf.com/grandmound}. 

It is only about 45 minutes away from us too.

It is a hotel and with your room stay you get water park passes, to their huge indoor park. There are about 6 big slides, a wave pool and a kiddie area. All the kids loved it, even ruby. They do have life jackets available for kids who can't swim {I don't believe in them because it doesn't let kids learn to swim, however if you are nervous, they are there}. We couldn't get the kids out of the water, and trent and I even enjoyed it too. We highly recommend it, we are definitely going back soon.